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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

ELIJAH AVEY, or MOUNT MoRmsiLLINoIs. 4

IMPROVEMENT IN MlLKlNG-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,090, dated May 22,1877 application filed March 31, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIJAH AVEY, of MountMorris, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented a newand valuable Improvementin Milking-Stools; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of mymilking-stool, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottomview of the same, and Fig. 4 is an end View of the pail-holder.

This invention relates to milking-stools; and consists in theconstruction and arrangement hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the oblong seat of amilking-stool, and Bthe rear leg or support therefor. Two inclined legsor supports, B are attached to the opposite sides of leg B, near itsupper end, and extend forward, diverging beyond the front end of saidstool. The forward part of said seat A is rigidly connected to said legsB by a transverse block, 13*, which has, near its top, a transversehorizontal slot, 1). These legs B B support'said seat very securely.

O designates a handle secured to the top of said seat A, near the frontend thereof. D designates a pail-holder, formed from a bent rod, andconsisting of a doubled arm or bar, D, terminating at the rear in aneye, d, whereby it is pivoted on a bolt, E, that passes verticallythrough the middle of. said seat A. The ends of said rod are bent infront, so as nearly to form a ring at d. Within said severed ring at themilk-pail E is set.

The ends of the rod are straightened and circumferentially grooved toform catches d andpassed through holes f in a connectingbar, F. Theseholes are more than two in number and arranged in a series, so that saidends d may be shifted from hole to hole, toward or from each other,thereby expanding or contracting said ring at, so as to suit the size ofthe pail. By spreading said loop (1 the pail maybe let down or raised,so as to suit the height of the cow and avoid spattering from the milkfalling too far.

The pivoted arrangement of my pail-holder causes it to move sidewisewhen kicked, without allowing the pail to be upset. The holder may besecured to the top of the stool-seat instead of the bottom.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The milking-stool herein described, consisting of the seat A,provided with the handle 0, leg B, having attached thereto the inclineddiverging legs B transverse slotted lock B and pivoted pail-holder D,substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a milking-stool, of holder D, having groovedends d, and bar F, having several adjusting-holes, f, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the-presence of two witnesses.

' ELIJAH AVEY. Witnesses:

ANDREW N EWCOMER, EMMA SMITH.

